Clothes-pin.



No. 670,306. Patented Mar. l9, |90|.

T.. a. BERING.

C L 0 T H ES P I N.

:Application filed A 39 19 (No Model.)

Human Stratus ATENT Fries.

THOMAS G. BERING, OF SCOTLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTH ES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ZE'atent No. 670,306, dated March19, 1901.

Application filed August 30,1900. Serial No. 28,573. (1% model.)

To all wit one it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. BERING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scotland, in the county of Franklin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes-pins;and its primary object is to provide a device of simple and durableconstruction which is adapted for use upon either rope or wire lines andwhich may be readily placed in position.

A further object is to provide means whereby the pin may be retainedupon a line when not in use, and thereby prevent loss thereof.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form ofmy invention, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device.Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a top plan View showing theshape of the grip of the pin.

The pin herein referred to is formed in a single length of wire which isbent down upon itself, as at 1, for a suitable distance and thenceupward and parallel to the downwardextending portions 2, as at 3 and 6.The shorter arm 3 of the inward-bent wire is turned laterally, as at 4,and terminates in a small hook 5.

The longer arm 6 of the pin extends upward to a point above the bend 1and is then bent laterally, as at 7, and downward, as at 8, therebyforming a loop, this latter portion having an eye 9, at the end thereof,lying on a line passing between the arms 2 2 and 3 6, at the centerthereof. The downward extension 8 is engaged by the hook 5, and it willthus be seen that the ends of the wire from which the pin is made arebound firmly together and are not exposed where they can injure fabricplaced within the pin.

In order that the pin may be used upon the pin may be readily grasped,the laterally-extending portion 7 of the arm 6 is scalloped. Theclothes-line 11 is inserted into the eye 9, and the pin will thereforebe retained thereon at all times. As the eye is in alinement with thecenter of the space between the clamping members of the pin, the linecan be readily inserted therebetween by grasping the extension 7 andswinging the pin downward.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myimproved clothes-pin will be readily apparent without requiring anextended explanation. It will be seen that the clothespin is simple ofconstruction, that said construction permits of its manufacture at smallcost, and that it is exceedingly well adapted for the purpose for whichit is designed, and it will of course be understood that various changesin the form proporti0n,and the minor details of construction may beresorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages thereof.

I claim A clothes-pin formed of a single length of wire and comprisingoutwardly-bowed clamping members, a loop formed thereabove with an armof one of said members, a lateral extension formed with an arm of theremaining member, a hook at the end of the extension adapted to engagethe loop, and an eye formed at the end of the loop, and in alinementwith the passage between the members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS Gr. BERIN G. I

Witnesses:

CHARLES SONNIK, J. NEVIN POMEROY.

